by Hernán Amaya | Aug 19, 2025 | Telecommunications
Venezuelan Pay TV and Internet operator Supercable deactivated its equipment on August 18, which marked the permanent cessation of its operations. Following notification to its customers earlier that day, the company actually shut down its services. Previously, in...
Global:
Following agreement with France’s TF1, Netflix to offer Free to Air TV channels for the first time ever
by Matteo Comberti | Jun 18, 2025 | OTT / VOD
Netflix keeps on boosting its content offer in order to enhance its users’ experience. On June 17, the streaming giant announced a historic agreement with TF1, a French Free-To-Air TV channel. Beginning in the summer of 2026 (in the northern hemisphere), the channels...
Latin America:
Warner Bros. Discovery acquires Premier League broadcasting rights for Max and TNT in Mexico and Central America
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 5, 2024 | Content
At the end of last week audiovisual giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced it had been granted a license to show English soccer matches live in Mexico and Central America. The company has acquired rights to air half of Premier League (England’s first division...
Ecuador:
Ecuadorian soccer league terminates TV rights agreement with GolTV
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 6, 2024 | Content
The entity in charge of the organization of Ecuador’s soccer tournament, LigaPro, terminated its TV broadcasting rights contractual relationship with GolTV, a sports channel that is part of Tenfield (owned by Uruguayan businessman Paco Casal), on June 6. According to...
Venezuela:
Cantv to have its own streaming TV service
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 3, 2024 | Audiovisual Market in General
Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela (Cantv), a state-run telecom, is working towards the launch of a new service described by the company as a “TV streaming service”. The news was disclosed a few days ago by Cantv President Jesús Aldana at...